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Curators

News about and interviews with the most interesting and influential curators in the art world today.

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Curator Juliane Bischoff On Remaining Attentive to the Conditions of the Present

"Portikus offers a rare degree of freedom—to test new ideas, to take risks and to unsettle established formats," she told Observer.
By Dan Duray
A gallery interior filled with textile works, vitrines, and hanging materials is viewed from a wide central aisle.

The Sixth Kochi-Muziris Biennale Foregrounds Human Experience

Here, the human body is understood as the only filter, site of encounter and witness to temporality as we confront the present world.
By Elisa Carollo
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Observer’s Curators to Watch in 2026

Their work extends beyond interpretation into institutional development, creative stewardship and the shaping of the cultural frameworks that will ultimately define our era's art history.
By Elisa Carollo and The Editors
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Curator Irene Gelfman On Pinta Miami’s Evolution into a Hub for Ibero-American Art

By Christa Terry
Professional portrait of Antwuan Sargent, director of Gagosian, wearing a beanie and suit. The image includes "Observer 2025 Art Index" branding with her name and title "Director, Gagosian," on the right side.

Antwaun Sargent On Shifting the Balance of Power Toward Artists

By The Editors
Jimi Hendrix's guitar laid flat in front of a wall of his performances at an exhibition at Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture

When Algorithms Curate Culture, What Do We Lose?

By Michele Y. Smith
An art viewer stands in a gallery looking at two large, colorful paintings mounted on adjacent walls, illustrating the exhibition.

Juana Williams and Julie Egan of DETROIT SALON On Bringing Motor City’s Art to the World

By Dan Duray
A person lies on a patterned sofa under a lamp, reading a magazine that partially covers their face, in a warmly lit, domestic room.

Curator Karen Comer Lowe’s Five Artists to Watch

By Leia Genis
A gallery wall displays a grid of black-and-white photographs showing people in a park, including dancers, children jumping rope, and a man sitting with a boombox, with two wooden benches positioned in front.

Kathy Ryan On Curating Joy Through Different Artists’ Lenses

By Dan Duray
Five women stand together in a modern interior by a staircase and a row of large windows, posing as the newly appointed all-female artistic team for Documenta 16.

Documenta 16’s Naomi Beckwith Introduces Her Groundbreaking Artistic Team

By Elisa Carollo
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Authorship, Autonomy and Art School: The Making of Flynn as an A.I. Student

By Auronda Scalera and Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti
An oil painting titled Children’s Games (1953) by Jawad Selim features childlike, geometric figures with large almond eyes interacting in abstract spaces across a pastel-toned canvas.

Curator Nada Shabout Traces the Enduring Legacy of the Baghdad Modern Art Group

By Farah Abdessamad
An image of curator Eleanor Clayton standing beside Barbara Hepworth’s 1943 sculpture Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, which features red strings and a painted concave interior.

Curator Eleanor Clayton On the Race to Keep a National Treasure in Britain

By Dan Duray
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Espoo Museum of Modern Art’s Krist Gruijthuijsen Rethinks Regional Curation

By Dan Duray

A Toast to Tony: Inside El Museo’s Million-Dollar Gala

By Christa Terry
A close-up image of Johannes Vermeer’s painting Mistress and Maid, showing a woman in a yellow fur-trimmed coat seated at a table while her maid hands her a letter, with rich detail and dramatic lighting framed in an ornate gold frame.

Curator Robert Fucci Unpacks the Narrative Intrigue of ‘Vermeer’s Love Letters’

By Dan Duray

Architecture’s Algorithmic Turn: A.I., Adaptation and the Future at the Venice Biennale

By Auronda Scalera and Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti
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The 2026 Venice Biennale Will Honor Koyo Kouoh’s Vision With “In Minor Keys”

By Elisa Carollo
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The Line Goes on Forever: De Kooning at Gagosian

By Jordan Riefe
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Koyo Kouoh’s Death Leaves Uncertainty Around the 2026 Venice Biennale

By Elisa Carollo

Artificial Intelligence as Co-Creator: Rethinking Art and Authorship

By Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti and Auronda Scalera
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Curator and Art Historian Camille Morineau On Finding the Women Artists of the American West

By Sarah Moroz
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Punk Preservation: Getty’s Glenn Phillips On Securing Raymond Pettibon’s Archive

By Dan Duray
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Inside Eliana Hidalgo-Vilaseca’s Mission to Put Ecuadorian Art on the Global Map

By Christa Terry
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